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get in the county, but the cost of protecting the rabbits 

 against poachers would prevent the job paying ; bounded 

 as it is on the north by the railway, on the west and east 

 by country lanes, and on the south by public water, the 

 temptation to the wayside and professional poache % r would 

 be too great." 



Leaving Fishrow, the Horse-shoe Point is rounded, 

 giving a straight run of over a mile up Oulton Dyke. On 

 the right-hand side are the remnants of the Old Skeleton 

 Mill a landmark for good bream swims ; at the end of the 

 reach, on our left hand, is the entrance of the Beccles River, 

 and a hundred yards further on the right is the picturesque 

 station of the water-bailiff, who is the servant of the Yare 

 and Bure Fish Preservation Society. An intending visitor 

 cannot do better than consult him as to the ways of the fish 

 and fowl in his immediate neighbourhood. Within a few 

 hundred yards of the house-boat are many good swims for 

 bream, and five or six stone a day is a long way short of the 

 record. 



The bailiff's quarters are well chosen at the junction of 

 the two rivers, whilst his temporary home is anchored in an 

 indent to the entrance .creek of Flixton Broad, and well 

 screened by a clump of willows. 



As this most picturesque nook of Broadland fades in the 

 distance, the White House Reach, at one time notorious for 

 flight shooting, is entered. Fowl from Flixton Broad and 

 Fritton decoy are accustomed to pass over this reach to and 

 from their feeding-grounds, but it is not worth while to 

 stop on the off chance of a shot, the North River being far 

 superior in this respect to anything to be obtained here- 

 abouts. Flixton Broad is an ornamental piece of water, 

 well-stocked with fish notable for their size. The Broad is 

 very prettily situated, and although private and strictly 

 preserved, it is not difficult to obtain the necessary 

 permit. 



On rounding the bend of White House Reach, Somerleyton 

 comes in view, and our companion with the gun has his 



